Species: Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
Family: Legumes (FABACEAE or LEGUMINOSAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Legumes (FABACEAE or LEGUMINOSAE)
Legume seedpod crops are commercially very important for human consumption, livestock forage, silage, and nitrogen-rich 'green manure'.
C. Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
The trefoil leaves of Black Medick have leaflets with a minute point. The flowers appear from April. This is not a medicinal plant, as its name might indicate, but a native of Iran, whose name in ancient times was Media. Its flower resembles a very small clover, although yellow in colour.
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Black Medick
The trefoil leaves of Black Medick have leaflets with a minute point. The flowers appear from April.
Black Medick
The flowers of Black Medick appear from April to July. This is not a medicinal plant, as its name might indicate, but a native of Iran, whose name in ancient times was Media. Its flower resembles a very small clover, although yellow in colour.
Black Medic isn't a medicinal plant, as its name might indicate, but a native of Iran, whose name in ancient times was Media.
